Report: Speed cameras ticket drivers every 48 seconds
(The Center Square) – A new report says speed cameras in Chicago led to someone getting a ticket once every…
Illinois Quick Hits: Save Abandoned Babies campaign launched
(The Center Square) – The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services and the Save Abandoned Babies Foundation announced on…
Chicago parking meter sale deal reached; city gets 5% profit share
(The Center Square) – The Chicago City Council could soon approve an agreement to allow the sale of the city’s…
Illinois may miss out on $1 billion for education
(The Center Square) – By refusing to join a federal tax credit scholarship program, Illinois may be foregoing more than…
Illinois Quick Hits: Pritzker requests FEMA assistance
(The Center Square) – Gov. J.B. Pritzker has requested a presidential major disaster declaration from the Federal Emergency Management Agency…
State, local officials reflect on Midway Blitz, response to ICE ‘occupation’
(The Center Square) – One year after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement began Operation Midway Blitz in Chicago, state and…
Diesel in Midwest could soon reach $7 after refinery issues
(The Center Square) – An Exxon Mobil fuel refinery southwest of Chicago went offline over the weekend, causing a halting…
Illinois Quick Hits: Chicago delivery ordinance draws support, opposition
(The Center Square) – Battle lines have formed over a Chicago alderwoman’s plans to regulate last-mile delivery facilities and ban…
Chicago to pay $14M to two men Foxx believed committed ‘heinous’ murder
(Legal Newsline) — Two Mexican men who were convicted of the brutal stabbing deaths of a Chicago couple, allegedly to…
Proposal would overhaul Illinois ethics oversight with independent commission
(The Center Square) – A proposal to overhaul Illinois’ ethics oversight system would consolidate existing inspector general and ethics functions…
Illinois Quick Hits: Gas now more than $1 over last year
(The Center Square) – The average regular unleaded gas price in Illinois has surpassed $4.50 per gallon and is now…
More Catholic health, elder care providers shielded from Illinois assisted suicide law
(Legal Newsline) — Another group of Catholic health and elder care providers have won the right to not be forced,…